Minneapolis Institute of Art

Birds and Flowers

Korea

Date

first half 19th century

Medium

Eight-panel folding screen, ink and color on silk

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

An incredible variety of birds—ducks, pheasants, parrots, and others—pose and cavort among an equally diverse array of flowers, including lilies, peonies, chrysanthemums, and white and pink plum blossoms. Specific combinations of birds and flowers are almost always symbolic and auspicious. The ducks paired with camellias in the fourth panel from the right, for example, are emblematic of an enduring marriage. Korea, Asia

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